Location scouts for a television pilot based on Washington Irving’s short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” are considering Pender’s county seat for filming, according to Town Manager Chad McEwen.

The scouts, who visited Burgaw’s historic downtown, join other film and television producers who have expressed interest in filming there, including “Under the Dome,” a CBS series set to being production in the region in February, and “Revolution,” an NBC drama that’s been filming in Southeastern North Carolina for the past six months.

Although “Sleepy Hollow” and “Dome” haven’t committed to filming in the Pender County town, “Revolution” began shooting scenes in downtown Burgaw on Wednesday, McEwen said.

“Revolution” follows a family trying to survive in a new America 15 years after all electronic equipment stops working. The show, which took a midseason break Nov. 26, will return in March with episodes shot at the Pender County Courthouse, at 100 S. Wright St., and its historic jail, according to filming permits.

“Revolution” filming, which is expected to wrap on Saturday before picking up again for a day on Tuesday, Feb. 5 will take place at night and includes gunfire and pyrotechnic effects. Crews will wrap stunts by 11 p.m., the permit says.

Those who have questions about filming are asked to call the production at 910-343-4700, according to the permit.

In 2000, the town’s board of commissioners refused to let independent filmmakers with the TV movie “Angel Doll” shoot downtown on a Sunday.

A few years later, residents expressed consternation after a scene shot at the courthouse for the locally filmed “Idlewild” (2006) featured a noose.

So far this year, however, filming has been well-received, McEwen said.

“Revolution” has shot at the town’s historic jail, while producers with the horror thriller “The Occult” covered about a quarter-mile stretch of Croomsbridge Road in Pender County with dirt for horse-and-buggy scenes in April.

“It depends on the scope of filming and the location, but we’ve been as reasonable as we can be in accommodating requests,” McEwen said.

This past week, a “Sleepy Hollow” location manager visited the town’s community building, at 102 Wilmington St., the courthouse and its historic jail.

“The project is in the very early stages of scouting and hasn’t selected a filming site,” McEwen said.

Fox recently ordered a “Sleepy Hollow” pilot, which is described by Hollywood trade magazines as modern day supernatural thriller.

Writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, who co-created “Fringe” for the network and wrote J.J. Abrams’s “Star Trek,” have teamed up Ichabod Crane with the town’s female sheriff to bring peace to the community, according to The Hollywood Reporter.